Our Team
He completed postgraduate studies at the University of California, at the Los Angeles and Davis campus, and at the University of the Basque Country, obtaining the academic degrees of Magister and Bachelor of International Transactions.
Professor of Commercial Law, he is the author of dozens of law books. Amongst his published works we can highlight “Insurance Law” (three editions), “Maritime Law” (two editions), “Commercial Law Institutions” (four editions) ), “Insolvency and Bankruptcy” and “Jurisprudence on Insurance. Collection and Analysis”. He is also the author of more than 200 articles and reports in law on matters of his specialty, many of them published both in Chile and abroad, in particular on Insurance, Bankruptcy, Civil Liability and Maritime Law. On these same subjects, he has given talks, conferences and participated in seminars, colloquia and congresses organized in more than twenty countries. Founder of the Chilean Magazine of Insurance Law.
He has been Professor of Commercial Law at the Diego Portales University and of Economic Policy at the University of Chile. He has integrated the Santiago Court of Appeals for several periods. He is the author of several bills on matters pertaining to Commercial Law, particularly the bill that entered the National Congress as a parliamentary motion and gave rise to Law 20,667 of May 9, 2013, which substantially modified the regulations on the insurance contract.
He was the founder of the Law Firm Contreras & Cía., Where he works as a senior partner and specialist in Commercial Law, Insurance and Civil Liability. He has extensive experience in litigation and arbitration (both domestic and international) in matters of his specialty.
Languages: Spanish, English, German and French.
Bachelor´s in Legal and Social Sciences, Universidad Diego Portales. Approved with Distinction.
Lawyer title granted by the Excellent Supreme Court, year 2010
Diploma in Labor Law, Procedural Reform and Litigation, Universidad Diego Portales.
Master (LL.M.) International Commercial Law. Exeter University (Devon, England).
Assistant professor in procedural law, Diego Portales University.
Foreign attorney Chadbourne & Parke LL.P 2014-2015, London, England.
His thesis was focused on the area of commercial law, entitled “Non-contractual Civil Liability and Claims Made Coverage” (2007), published and available in the library of the Faculty of Law of the Diego Portales University.
In 2010 he worked as an associate attorney at Estudio Carvallo Abogados in the litigation area, focusing on civil, commercial and insurance matters.
Coordinator and co-author of “Insurance and Reinsurance Law in Latin America” (Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch, year 2019), work dedicated to the comparative study of legislation, regulation and legal criteria that different Latin American jurisdictions deal with on various topics of interest in the insurance and reinsurance area.
In Contreras & Cia. he focuses his area of practice in litigation arbitration and dispute resolution in the areas of civil, commercial, labor, and consumer rights protection, with special knowledge in insurance and civil liability.
Member of the Colegio de Abogados A.G.
Member of AIDA-Chile
Languages: English and Spanish.
Bachelor´s in Legal and Social Sciences, Universidad Diego Portales.
Lawyer Title granted by the Excellent Supreme Court. Year 2011.
Postgraduate Diploma in Real Estate Business Law at Universidad de los Andes, 2013.
Postgraduate studies in Business Law at Universidad Diego Portales, 2012-2013. Approved with distinction.
In 2016 he graduated as an International Business Mediator from the Mediator Institute of Ireland in the Republic of Ireland, working as a foreign lawyer at the Mc Mahon & Associates law firm in the same country.
Between 2011 and 2014 he worked as a corporate lawyer in the area of Acts and Contracts in Corplegal, providing legal advice required by CorpBanca and companies belonging to CorpGroup, focusing on real estate, commercial and banking matters.
Between 2014 and 2015, he worked as an associate lawyer at Estudio Carvallo and Legaltec Servicios Inmobiliarios (both part of Holding Carvallo) where he focused his practice on negotiation of acts and contracts, capital increases, shareholders meetings, corporate structuring and powers, preparation of credit contracts and study of titles.
He joined Contreras y Cia abogados in 2016 in the areas of insurance, Real State, Subdivisions, company law, Hereditary Law and civil and commercial contracts, mediations.
Since 2020 he has become General Manager.
Languages: Spanish, English, French.
Title of Lawyer granted by the Supreme Court. Year 2009.
His practice focuses on advising policyholders on insurance controversies of various kinds (property, life, health, guarantee and credit, etc.) both during the claims settlement process and in the judicial phase.
In addition, he has experience in tort litigation, arbitration, bankruptcy proceedings, consumer class actions, and insurance fraud.
Previously, he worked at Estudio Carvallo, focusing his professional practice on insurance, coverage disputes, and reimbursement and legal recovery actions.
Postgraduate in Insurance Law. versity of Buenos Aires, Argentina (2021)
Diploma in Insolvency and Re-entrepreneurship. Universidad del Desarrollo (2020)
Member of the Association of Insurance Lawyers (AIDA – Chile) and its Dispute Resolution group.
Bachelor of Law and Social Sciences from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, approved with distinction.
Lawyer Title granted by the Most Excellent Supreme Court; 2016.
He has worked mainly in areas of Private Law, in charge of processing civil contentious matters. He completed his professional practice at the Legal Assistance Corporation, being evaluated with the highest grade.
He has participated in multiple exhibitions and seminars given by his house of studies and by the University of Chile, among which are specialization courses in Real Estate Law, Water Law and Research Seminars in Procedural Law.
Practice areas litigation and dispute resolution, civil liability, real estate and company law.
Member of the A.G
Languages: Spanish, English
Graduated in Legal and Social Sciences from the Diego Portales University, graduated with distinction. He obtained his law degree in 2012. Master in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (2017).
Previously he worked for Chaves Awad Contreras & Schürmann (2012-2109) as associate lawyer. Later he worked for the Law Firm Bascuñán Barra Awad Contreras & Schürmann (2020).
He has worked as a trial lawyer in criminal, civil and administrative sanction-type proceedings. He specializes on economic criminal and compliance matters. His professional practice is also focused on criminal liability of legal entities and internal investigations, providing advice on the design and implementation of compliance and crime prevention models.
Languages: English and Spanish.
Graduated in Legal and Social Sciences with distinction from the Universidad Diego Portales. Master in Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain (2014).
Alejandro started his professional career as a lawyer in Public Prosecutor’s Offices (2011-2015). Later joined Bascuñán Barra Awad Contreras & Schürmann as an associate lawyer (2015-2021).
His professional career is focus on criminal, civil and Administrative Law Penalties. Alejandro has participated in cases with diverse complexity and high public profile, crimes against property, economic and civil servants, and the design and implementation of compliance models and in development of internal investigations of companies. Additionally, Alejandro advises clients in commercial and strategic elements, guiding for the prevention or resolution of conflicts with individuals and the public administration.
Besides, in the academic field Alejandro has been assistant professor on the Department of Criminal Law at the Universidad Diego Portales (2013), and assistant in the Master in Criminal Law at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (2016).
Languages: English and Spanish.
Bachelor’s in Legal and Social Sciences, Universidad Gabriela Mistral.
Lawyer title granted by Excellent Supreme Court of Chile, year 2011.
Master of Laws (LL.M.) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile with mention in Company Law.
Postgraduate Diploma in Tax and Company Law, Universidad del Desarrollo, year 2012.
Beatriz specialize in commercial, corporate and company law focusing her areas of practice in analysis of legal powers, public deeds, creation, modification, fusion, dissolution and corporate settlements and drafting of civil and commercial contracts.
Languages: English and Spanish.
Araceli Fuenzalida Bravo
Attorney
Bachelor in Social Sciences and Humanities from Universidad Diego Portales.
Law student at Universidad Diego Portales with a minor in Economics and Regulations.